Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-15
IN THE NORTH.
Tho Colorad Man in tho North and tho
Line Between Him and the = hitc Man.
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New York sun.
Ate mass meeting OF the c0lOTed rec
pie on Tuesday night in one OF their
churches up town to protest against the
treatment OF their race at As0ufy park,
the R=y. Mi. Monroe declared very truly
that the southern people were h0ne5teT
than toe uorthGrEGTs in their relations
with the negroes. They drew the color
line squ2rlly ard made no Pretense Ct
doing otherwise, while here race hatred
was CLOSED ever with sham "rehgioUs
sentiment and Gypocritical philanthropy"
Ar Bradley, tee founder and controller
OF Asbury Park, says very frankly that he
OIL cts 20 CEe cClored people SIMPLY on
business grounds. 81 was compelled, in
self defence, - express my mind" ne
explains; "f0r If the cOICTed folks con
tinued 10 flock here it would ruin the
place, for white people would
not come 70 the park" He does rot him
self care % draw the color line, Dut pub
lie sentiment insists on drawing it for
MIN. White people refuse 20 20 where
they will he brought ia contact VITA large
numbers Of negroes, whether IS is 9
church. theater or watering place.
That is ire fact, end eIfTauchiscmcnt
-
altered if. Hotel keepers would not OBJ
icct to entertaining coIored people II it
was oftable for them to do SC, but they
know that they might almost as well aG-
init . smallpox patient IS negro. Nine
ty-nina white people out Of hundred,
anG st the north, too, would be irdiguan.
If thy We're put next him s. table, end
leave the house, never again TO SET tOOt in
81 ~ no
pie must De coopcd up By themselves in q
distant gallery, ana Il they were SO numer-
GUS mere rs 10 crowd the public convey
aucas he white race would rise
up in rebellion aasinsi the CHI
ryiHg Of them 10 we Sc
negroes occupying conspicuous seats in
fashionable churches, and if they did &C
CuNy them, what would be the effect or
the prosperity of the churches? They
may come in small numbers, but they
must sit IN the back pews or in the gal
leriCs. Scatter Colored children freely
among tbs classes Of q Sunday school,
s1d aUTy long would the white children
remain? What would be the result If .
coIOred couple, no matter how distiE-
gui>5et IN appearance, should venture
into The Charity ball, for instance?
The ccIoTed people must live by them
se.yas 10 houses and parts of town IL
habitad by themselves especially. They
can not get into the ordinary tenement
house Inhabited even by very poor FAM
les The sight of a colOred man with 3
whi,e woman on the streets, or OF col
ored woman with white man is so CZ-
traordinary that it prOvokes great Curios-
itY: and wdeD there ere marriages be-
tween white auG colored the pairs are ia
boocd 0V whites, and looked upon with
something akin to disgust.
That IS the state OF things long years
after emancipation and eufranChisement,
Ind there does not seem to be any less
eu:rg OF me rsce prejudice at the north.
Apparently i is SIS strong now as it ever
vas, ard the tendency Of the negroes TO
keep by Themselves 5 stronger than tor
meTly, - shat the African type becomes
more decided. The Asburya Park Incl
dcn., therefore, only gave expression to a
general sentiment, and the protest Of
Tuesday nights meeting should rather
nave oecn against that than against Mr..
Bradley.
Neither political equality nor religion
Itself h25 been able to conquer this race
pr. iedice, and lapse Of time does not
seem 10 mitigate it.